WingMan Act I

It was a calm evening over the Deldaros Ocean. From above ,the water's looked still. The waves were still present, but it wasn't at all rough. The Sun had begun to sink, sending a thick shadow upon the sheet of water bellow. The sky was quickly transforming from blue to purple. The clouds high above thickened, but chances of rain was still slim.

A flock of red birds migrating to Europa, came into contact with a massive power. Amaterasu, the Great Whale King flew silently at around Mach 0.7 over the Deldaros Ocean. It's destination: Delpoi. The shadows now engulfing the purple transport, had made an impression on the migrating birds. The birds, which were going opposite of the transport, and on level with the whale, seemed to have sense a faster presence in the sky's, because they began to drop greatly in altitude. As thy dropped they squawked and screamed. A few small islands were present bellow. A great place to rest for an upcoming storm.

From inside the Transport a white haired woman looked silently at the command center's main monitor. Chinatsu was wearing reveling silver clothing. Something skimpier than what she usual wears outside in public. Her hands were rest upon her hips as her green eyes followed the path of the red birds. She frowned, looking serious as ever.

Inside a smaller room, another woman is seen on a black couch, leaned to her side, with her head on the arm of the chair. A book was faced open, with it's pages parted. Her closed eyes suddenly began to part slowly exposing her purple pupils. She moved a bit before she stood up fully. Jen took the book from her lap, and threw a bookmark in it, before placing it at her side, on the black leather couch. She yawned, and the purple haired woman proceeded to stare into space...

Inside another room, a teen girl laid in a bed fast asleep. Her long black hair dropped over her back, as she laid with her belly to the bed and her head to her side. Asuka's left arm hanged down to the side of her bed. Her fingers curled, but parted as it barely touched the purple carpet bellow. She moved her mouth a bit, but continued to sleep...

Susumu was in the kitchen stuffing his face with Clint. They sat on the table next to each other as they ripped apart a whole chicken, Asuka baked earlier. 3 Loafs of bread and apple Juice was present. " Um, We have any more salt?"

Clint sucked the meat off another chicken leg , and grabbed a large piece of bread. "Crunch, hmm, she knows, how to cook." He said before washing down the food with a glass of apple juice.

"I could probably cook better than her." Susumu said before drinking his own juice.

"Ohh, yea? Prove it. I've never seen you cook before. "

"Well, I've never seen you cook before either!" Susumu challenged.

Clint grinned and broke another piece of meat off the chicken.

Inside the Transport hanger, a breathing suit of armor looks as a single Zabat that looked a bit sickly. The other Zoids were locked in their quarters. But this one stayed hung upside down in the middle of the massive hanger, hooked up with all sorts of wires and tubes of the sort. The man shook his head and continued to watch over his Zabat.

What had happen was that Riley's lead Zabat, caught some type of computer virus. Whatever it was, it damaged the Zoid's main systems. Everything went into a freeze. The group is off to Europa, in hopes of meeting up with a man famous for fixing these types of problems.

Jessica was in a dark room on the whale king, as she rested in a bed. A ping on a small laptop sounded and she groaned as it started to pinged once more. "What?" She sat up and hit a button as it lit up the purple room. She was greeted by a very familiar face. The badly shaven chin, wild long hair and all of it blue. "James? What are you calling about now?"

"Oh sorry about that Jess. I thought you'd be on your way to New Helic." He laughed and scratched his cheek.

"I am, I found someone going to Delpoi with a whale king and made a deal to help if we get in a dog fight. I figured it's safer then just going solo. Especially since most pirates don't bother with single whale kings. Rarely anything worth it." She fell back on the bed and pulled the blanket over her.

James gave a nod. "Well, Cobalt reminded me to tell you that we made it to Osa. Currently we're going to be in New Helic tomorrow. This escort mission was almost too easy. Oh did you get that thing?"

"Yep, new flight suit. A little tight but I like it. Also Zephi seems to enjoy that helmet attachment. Heh. She's been playing with it non stop trying all the features." Jessica sat up and walked past the laptop as she took an outfit out. "That it James?"

"Yep! Just reporting in. Oh, remember the flight suit has a built in parachute, life vest and is fire proof. Don't glare at the computer." Jess sighed as she was doing just that. "Well I'm gone. Later." The computer shut down and Jessica turned the lights on.

She dressed in the new flight suit and packed her clothes away. She felt how tight it was and she slid a few things into her pockets as she started towards the kitchen with her laptop under her arm. "Hello, everyone. Thanks for letting me on your whale king."

Deidaros Ocean. He'd flown over these waters so often, he thought he knew every square inch of it.

Adolf, the blue-eyed Bloodler, was in the middle of a casual glide overseas when he caught sight of a Whale King in the distance. He was simply out to travel and to find his organoid, and the appearance of a Whale King did not surprise him too much. There was plenty to transport over the Deidaros Ocean, he was sure.

So his plan was to simply fly by the Whale King, maybe give it a nod of greeting before he went on by. Adolf still hadn't decided on where he wanted to go to look for his organoid. It seemed to him that they had eons to meet up since it seemed like eons since their last meeting, and he knew that the organoid was still well and alive, so he knew he had to bump into the creature eventually. Maybe he'd go to Bek. Or did he just come from there? Well, he was over the Deidaros Ocean. Maybe he was on his way to Delpoi.

Arrgh.

Something in the air made the blue-eyed Bloodler swing his head around, however. He wasn't alone with the Whale King, it seemed.post#1

A blip appeared on Amaterasu's main radar. It silently beeped a bit as to tell who ever was in the control room at the time that a Zoid was near. Chinatsu perked her head up a bit and looked over slightly at the monitor to the left of the main one. The screen showed in the distance a Bloodler. Chinatsu looked at the zoid with little suspicion. It wasn't uncommon to see other zoids in the air. During their hours and hours of traveling above the Deldaros Ocean, they'd came across a handful of Zoids. Ordinary travelers and pilots alike. There wasn't any pirates in the skies today. But that's not to say there wasn't any upcoming trouble.

In the far distance a small group of Pteras of six flew in order, going in the opposite direction, the Whale king was going. The small group was controlled from a Republican Air base on the coast of Delpoi and was undergoing testing. The pilot-less Zoids were going at a decent , cruising speed of match .8

In the command center the soldiers pranced around and popped open a bottle to celebrate their success with the first test. They were certain this next test drive will be the one to revolutionize air patrol. The new contraction was a simple machine controlled by one of the greatest Air pilots in their base. The six Zoids felt like they were being piloted, so they fell perfectly at the mercy of the controls of that one man.

They soon came into view.

Chinatsu looked over at the monitor, which showed the lone figure of a Bloodler in the distance. She nodded, and proceeded to sit down. Something was keeping her up. She had a feeling something was about to happen, but couldn't quite put her finger on it. Chinatsu pushed a button on the side of her seat and a touch screen came into view. With that the woman brought her right index finger onto the warm surface of the screen and continued her strange search. Chinatsu's eyes widened, and mouth parted slightly. She gritted her teeth and brought her hand upon her head. "So. Your effected too..."

What she found was that the Great Whale King's combat systems were down. The Zoid seemed to have 'caught' the same computer virus, Riley's Zabats had. Chinatsu looked over the other Zoids in the hanger and saw that the Liger's systems were also down. "How could this be? Is it spreading?" She looked over to her Deadborder and saw that it was perfectly normal. The same with the Snipers, Dark Horn, Storm Sworder, Brastle tiger, Soul Tiger, and Jessica's Evo Flyer. The confused yet pissed look from her face remained... Something still wasn't right.

Just then Jen walked into the control Room with a cup of tea. She had a small stove specifically for tea in her quarters. She walked over slowly to one of the seats in the front and brought the cup down in a holster attached to the chair. Jen looked back at the white haired woman, with a puzzling look. "So how long until we hit Delpoi?"

"I don't know, but we better get their faster than we are. D:" You could see it in her face she was being dramatic. But Jen saw she was always Dramatic and didn't read into it as much.

"Why?" Jen replied as she turned to her computer to check on the map. Chiinatsu took her finger and dragged the data into a folder. She poked the enter button and sent the files over Jen's way.

"Look at these. Tell me I'm not the only one who see a connection here. >.>" The woman leaned back on her seat and brought her head up to the ceiling. She looked blankly at the metal in deep thought.

Jen's Eyes widened...

Back in the kitchen, Susumu and Clint was still stuffing their faces when Jessica came in, dressed in a tight new flight suit. Of course Clint stopped eating so recklessly and immediately began to wipe his face off with a napkin. Susumu on the other hand continued on.

"Hello, everyone. Thanks for letting me on your whale king."

"Hey Jessica, no problem. If there's anything you need, just take. Our Kitchen is your kitchen." Clint said as he began to clear his plate. He felt a bit strange eating around women. And that's because he eats like a pig. -_- But unlike Susumu Clint had some chivalry. Susumu nodded before wiping his mouth and swallowing the last bit of food.

Jessica paused as she heard the offer. "Don't mind if I do." She took out a small mug and a bottle of cream and quickly heated it up in the microwave. "Oh do you have anything..." She hesitated to say it. "Healthy. Like a Salad or ... Ah to heck with it. Do you have hot pockets?"

Mentally she suffered from the idea of having to lose weight the hard way, but with how tight the suit felt she was feeling a bit fat. "Anyway, you don't have to stop wolfing down food. I'm not some princess. Heck, I've dated a few guys who said thank you with a burp that could rattle bar mugs. Hated those slobs and wish I had the chance to shoot them, but I've seen it all."

Jessica found what she was looking for, something fatty and easy to cook. "I has a cheeze burger! Woots!" She traded it for the mug and started to cook the burger as she set out the mug of hot cream. She slowly unzipped the vest of her flight suit and revealed that most of it was a skin tight jump suit with a zipper up the front. However her destination was right over her heart.

"By the way, I'll say this, ask for some and get kicked." She pulled a white package of cocoa mix and poured it into the mug and gave it a stir as she sat down. "So, I got a notice from my zoid, seems like some sort of computer bug tried to get in her system from your whale king's data base. Any idea what that is?" She asked as she took the first sip of her cocoa.

Their guests were just Pteras, six fliers arranged in a row that was reminiscent of military formation. Adolf recalled that there was a Republican air base roughly around the area and figured they were simply doing their rounds. Nothing to worry about. The Bloodler went on by the Whale King and gave it the acknowledging nod he'd had in mind, but as he cruised past, he felt something.

Something not quite right.

He was already past the Whale King when he sensed it, and Adolf glanced back at the carrier zoid, troubled. For just a moment, he thought he'd sensed a corruption of some kind... He thought something had reached out to him from that zoid, something probing and invasive. The blue-eyed Bloodler slowed in the air, his attention never wavering from the Whale King. Maybe he ought to stay and investigate. Maybe the Whale King was a threat. Or maybe it was in danger. He had no idea, and he would have just kept going if it didn't bother him so much.

Many meters later, the Bloodler finally turned around. He wasn't going to address the pilots directly quite yet. If they were concerned by his presence, they would contact him first. But the Bloodler was certainly not willing to stray too close to the thing, wary of whatever it was that surrounded the carrier, so he thought to follow from a distance.

Abraxas could wait. He'd always waited.

And those Pteras? he thought, casting his gaze out toward the six fliers. Are they in danger? Are we in more trouble than I'd initially suspected?

The small platoon of the Republican Pteras increased their speed by 10%. As the Whale king's monitors focused on them, Chinatsu's and Jen's intrest fell. The Zoids had the Helic republics emblems on them so they weren't going to be much trouble. That's what they thought.

Back in the command center, a soldier holding the bottle of wine slipped on the traditional banana peel another soldier tossed on the ground just for the comedy. Little did he know, he'd just made a grave mistake. As the other soldier slipped, the bottle flew out of his hand and landed onto the control panel. The fluid leaked onto the surface before it began to spark.

The Pteras optics went from green to red...
- "It seems like the same virus had spread about the purple core Zoid's systems. This is bad." Jen said as she looked about the computer, wich zoomed in on the Whale king's stats.

Chinatsu nodded and brought her hand to her head, as she leaned back on the seat. "Well, theres nothing we can do now. You know, If Amaterasu's A.I was up to date, it would have told us something about this. such a shame. >:"

Jen continued to look at the transport stats. She then browsed at the monitors sighting the Pteras. But something wasn't right. She spotted that the platoon had been flying directly over the transport. Their sped on par. "This is strange, they should have passed us by now. Why are they hovering over?" the girl thought.
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Out side the pteras stuck close to the whale king. After a few minutes of flying over the Whale king, they suddenly became hostile. The machine guns on their noses began to fire off. The rain of bullets plummeted into the back of Amaterasu. After that initiated attack, the two Pteras in the front, took off towards the Bloodler.

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Inside the command center red warning marks came into view from every monitor. The entire battle ship shook lightly. Both Jen and Chinatsu was speechless.
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Clint watched as Jessica pranced about looking for something to eat. He sat back down in his seat and noticed Susumu eyeing the burger. "ha-ha, you wanna get beaten up by her?"

"No. I wasn't to get beaten up by the burger. >.>"

"By the way, I'll say this, ask for some and get kicked."

"Well, its your funeral." Clint smirked.

"So, I got a notice from my zoid, seems like some sort of computer bug tried to get in her system from your whale king's data base. Any idea what that is?"

Both Clint and Susumu looked at Jessica blankly. " No... idea..." But as Susumu was going to speak again, a tremble occurred and then a few monitors popped up to show 4 Pteras attacking the whale King.

ooc: Control the two Pteras as you see fit. We'll each have two Pteras to beat up. Good luck.

Jessica shook some as the tremor hit and she watched in horror as a single drop of her hot cocoa spilled out. "..." She looked at the drop on the table and glared hoping to will it back into her cup. After a few seconds she sighed and closed her eyes as she started to drink from the cup.

"Someone will be shot for this transgression." Jessica sat down and heard a beeping sound from her computer. She opened it and hit a button. "Yes Zephie?"

"The whale king is under attack. I got six...no make that four units. I can't tell through the whale king's body what they are but they two took off after another zoid after the first shot." Zephie reported as Jessica took the cheese burger calmly and started to eat. "What do I do?"

"Prepare to sortie. We're up against a few pteras, according to this screen. Move towards the whale king's back launch pad, as soon as I'm there ask them to transport you to the whale king's back. We'll launch shortly. I'm finishing up my lunch." Jessica said rather calmly. "Just remember, we're blowing them out of the sky. They made me spill my hot chocolate."

There was a small pause and Zephie sounded scared. "W-well I feel bad for them now. I'm on it." The com on the computer turned off and Jessica took a bite of her cheese burger. She didn't seem to be in any rush as she calmly finished her meal and set the empty cup down.

"Now they're dead." Jessica said and walked out of the room. Her eyes showed she intended to kill someone. She made sure to head right to the hanger and found Zephie standing on the launch pad.

She got next to Zephie as the elevator started to lift her up. "Open up, don't prepare flight mode yet. We'll see what we can do to scare them off of the whale king while other zoids prepare. Besides, a pteras is faster then you. We don't need to be out maneuvered."

Jessica climbed into the cockpit and removed her glasses. She slid the laptop into it's little storage place and her glasses also. Then she took the helmet and was glad the new lenses of the helmet worked perfectly to replace her glasses.

"Turn it on." A few little screens popped up just on the edge of her eye sight in the helmet. It listed ammo counts, speed and the current mode of the zoid.

Once out on the deck Zephie aimed her machine guns at the pteras and started to fire. She was standing on the launch pad ready to launch. Two of the four moved back and started to fire on Zephie with their machine guns. "Those are our targets! Launch!"

Zephie gave a nod and the pad launched her off the whale king's back. For a moment the two flew before they started to fall just past the whale king's nose. The two Pteras flew around the Whale King.

Zephie was still in free fall as she spun and changed into flight mode. She saw the enemy zoids come around the whale king's nose and activated her ion booster. She'd fire her long range flamethrower at one of the pteras only to have it pass through the open magnesser wings.

Adolf had observed how they attacked the aircraft and immediately suspected that something was off. He could well assume that these Pteras were Republican zoids sent to apprehend suspicious figures or the vehicle itself, but something told him that was not the story here. When two of the Pteras broke formation and headed toward him, harmful intent in their eyes, he knew then that they needed to be eliminated. It didn't quite matter whether they were out on regulation duty. It mattered that they were engaging in combat with him.

With him.

A long-forgotten rush filled his head and the blips on his radar were flushed red, and he spread his wings and immediately yanked to the side, tipping his wing downward and descending that way. Pteras. They hadn't changed much. He already knew that they were too slow. Harmless. Pitiful. He watched them take pursuit, dipping in his direction, and knew that it would not take much to rip them to shreds. They had better be good dodgers, because he certainly didn't want to see this end in a span of three seconds.

His tail blade flipped up, his thrusters went on, and the blue-eyed Bloodler screamed through the air and past and underneath the Pteras, breaking the sound barrier three times over. He made sure not to hit his limit—he didn't want to fall apart midair—and he zipped right by the Whale King. One would miss him merely by blinking.

The Pteras immediately turned in the air. They were going to have one hell of a time if they could not keep him in their visuals; his passive stealth system saw to that. He swerved a wide arc in the air, being unable to turn on a dime, and let that force of that swing propel him toward his two antagonists.post#3